Diving:

There will be no diving on arrival and departure day and 16-17 dives offered per week (2-3 dives per day).

Divers must ensure that they leave a minimum of 24 hours between their last dive and their flight departure (or going to altitude).

For all diving sites visited en route our dive guides will give you a detailed and comprehensive dive briefing before you enter the water.

All divers are required to dive in a buddy team; should you be a single diver a buddy will be allocated onboard. The dive guide will not provide any dive training during the dive and you and buddy dive together at your own risk. As qualified divers,you are responsible for your own and your buddy’s safety during the dive and to `plan your dive, dive your plan’ using a personal dive computer. You must begin, execute and end the dive with your dive buddy. You are expected to be able to dive to a standard as per the certification and experience requirements outlined for each itinerary and as such able to complete the dive with your buddy or by following the dive guide.

The guides may decide upon seeing each diver"s ability not to enter the water for every dive and will remain onboard providing surface support only.

The maximum depth for diving in the Maldives is 30 metres with an equally qualified buddy. Your maximum diving depth will be dependent on your level of training and experience. It is your responsibility to check what depths your insurance policy covers you for before your arrival.

Decompression diving, solo diving and technical diving is strictly prohibited.

Courses:

We offer a range of courses on-board, from beginner to arange of specialty courses. Courses are subject to availability and itinerary and include course materials (where required) and certification fee. If arranged on-board a 10% service tax will be added. Courses have to be requested before trip.

Dive equipment:

We suggest that you bring the following:

Mask, snorkel, fins, boots, wetsuit, regulator, BCD, SMB (with a minimum of 5 metres of line to deploy during the safety stop) and a dive computer with spare batteries and a torch for any night dives.

The average water temperature is 29°Cand we recommend a 3mm shortie or wetsuit.

Equipment is available for rent. We need to know normal sizes, height, weight and shoe sizes to prepare the correctly sized equipment for you.

All divers are required to use a dive computer and SMB and carry Reef Hooks for every dive and a torch each for night dives throughout their safari experience for safety reasons. Please bring your own or ask us what is available on-board.

Tanks & Adapters:

We have DIN tanks and INT adapters available on-board.

Nitrox:

We offer Nitrox in subject to demand and availability. And is extra charged. Nitrox can not be guaranteed.